Munmun Dhalaria is an independent documentary filmmaker interested in wildlife conservation, gender, human rights and livelihoods. After completing her masters in Media and Cultural Studies from TISS, she has combined her passion for wildlife and human-interest stories by focusing on the issues of people living close to forests. The themes of her films range from wildlife conservation projects in the Himalayas to the state of maternal health in the tribal communities of Southern India. She has recently been awarded the National Geographic Young Explorer grant to further her wildlife filmmaking projects in Himachal Pradesh.